Mounting for doll-eye sets



March 25, 1930. s. MARCUS MOUNTING FOR DOLL EYE SETS Filed March 6, 1926 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 25, 1930 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL MARCUS, on BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIeNoR T MARKON MANUFAOTUR- ING 00., Inc, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK MOUNTING OR DOLL-EYE sn'rs Application filed Mareh'6,'1926. Serial N 92,728.

to the construction of'eye sets, and to provide a decided advance in the. art 'to which the invention relates. I

These being among the objects of the present invention, the samev consists of certain 15 features of construction and combinations of parts to bevhereinafter, described and then claimed with referenceto the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred emb0diment of the invention, in which Fig. 1 is a vertical central section, on the line 1-1 Fig. 2, of the 'faceportion of a doll, showing the improvements applied thereto; Fig. 2 is 'arear elevation of the improved mounting for a doll eye set showing the set in place in a head, which is shown in section; Fig. 3 is asection on the line 3-3v Fig. 2, of the improved means for anchoring adoll eye set in position in the head;

.Fig. 4: is an elevation of the formed portion of the head atthe place where the anchoring is established; and Figi5 isja sectional detailsimilar to Fig. 3 but illustrating a slight modification.

Referring to Figs. 1 ancl'2, the face portion of the head of a doll or the like may be composed of any suitable material,having eye sockets at which theright eye 11 and the left eye 12 slightly protrude, more or less in imitation ofnatu'ral eyes: Each eye 11, 12 is preferably provided with a-hemispherical metallic foundation shell13, anouter'thin transparent shell 14, and an intermediatethin opaque shell -011 which the iris is printed. The thin shellsare preferably, composed of celluloid. The shells 14; and15 are preferably ,dra'wn Over the foundation shell 13 and the eye structure assembled and made in. the usual or anyother suitable manner, ;The eyes1-;1,-12 are mounted on and connected: t gether by means. 91 e br s t' p ll -so as to provide 'a pair of united eyes. In

her 18 having at opposite sides but within the 7 eye structure, perforated lugs 19 as indicated in dotted lines Fig. 2. The back members 18 of the respective eyes 11, 12 are provided with slots-22, 23, eachslot extending in a plane substantially at right angles to the bridge rod. The eyes are provided with an actuating weight 25 preferably having a cushion buffer 28 of cork or any other suitable material for the purpose of eliminating noise when striking the'inside of the chin of the doll or other head. p

A suitable piece of wire is bent into suitvide arms 29 and 30, which are joined by a loop 31. This loop is inserted between weight sections 24, 26, and a pin 27 passes through the loop whereby to secure the weight to the arms 29, 30. The arms 29,30 are furthermore bent so as to provide open humps 32, 33 adjacent their extremities, said open humps being opposite each other; that is to say, the gaps or openings in the humps are in alinement. 1

The assembly or organization of the artiabl eshape as illustrated in Fig.2, to pro ficial eyes 11, 12 with the arms 29, 30 is accomplished by first passing'the humps 32, 33 of the arms 29, 30 into -the slots 22, 23,.as shown clearly in Fig. 2, each hump being disposed between the perforated lugs 19 of the eye shell structures. This disposes the bottoms of the gaps or openings within the humps 32, 33 in line with the perforations in the lugs 19. The bridge rod 17 is then passed through the said perforations and the gaps in the humps 32,-33so that the parts are assembled and maybe adjusted to theposition substantially as shown. Thereby'the eyes are securely united and they are firmly attached to the arms 29, 30 from which the weight 24 is suspended, and the binding relation es tablished between the hump portions of the arms,'the bridgerod 17 and the eyes acts to hold the eyes'firmly upon the humped poreons t w n e e y eyes will always move in consonance with the oscillating movement of the weight 24, and the eyes will be held in proper registration with the eye sockets in the face portion 10, whereby the proper rolling motion of the eyes will lirmly anchoring the eye set at its point of attachment to thehe'a'd. To this end, an anchor member 34 is provided in the form of a disk composed of suitable, stiff, fibrous material, or any other-suitable material may be employedwhich ispreferably slightly yielding or'resi l'ient. Anchor member 34 is provided with a more or less centrally disposed-supportrng'loop or stud 35,-which is provided with outwardly and rearwardly bent'ends 36, all as more clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

T he supporting loopwith its bent ends -36 is preferably composed of a single strip of sheet metal bent in the proper shape. The loop or stud extends through a preferably enlarged central opening in the anchor member 3% and the bent endsthereof are extended outwardly along the forward face of fibrous member 34: and then rearwardly through the material of said member. hereby the anchor member and thesupporting loop or post are securely connected together. The ancho'r member 34 is secured tothe forehead portion of the head of the doll in any suitable manner. Preferably, this is accomplished by means of a suitable filling 37 ofv glue or cement between the anchor member 34 and the forehead of the doll, the glue ex tending around the edges of said member, which is strongly bound with the glue on account of its fibrous nature. Preferably, the

back of-the dolls forehead is provided with an inwardly raised seat portion '38 formed up-from the material-of the 'dolPs head and having a' depression39 slightly larger-than :r the anchor member 34, so "that the latter may be pressed onto the 'g lue in said depression and firmly seated inproper position.

Y Suitable means are provided for attaching the doll eye set to the anchor'meniber F34: and

thesup'por t or po'st 35. The attachment is preferably such as to renderthesetfremov-.

able. To that end, the doll eye setf *iSfipIO- vide'd with a hanger bracket 40 formed from aplate. of sheet metal having bent therefrom parallel side flanges 41-. The edges 42 of 'the flanges are preferably serrated-"orfsuitably formed with'penetrating oints. The hanger bracket-l0 is furtheriner'e provided with or ears'43 atjthe lower end-thereof, these farmed withsiats ee'whichse s '41 tests v 1 tend transversely to the back of the hanger bracket. Spring legs 45 are provided which are preferably formed from a single piece of .spring steel wire bent into bifurcated form.

The connecting portion between the spring legs is inserted into a slit 46 cut in the metal hanger bracket 40, and the latter is clenched upon the said connecting portion so as to firmly secure the springlegs in suchposition that they will extend downwardlybetween the flanges or ears 43. The free-ends of these springilegsl labear in a forward direction upon the bridge rod 17 on which the eyes 11,

12am mounted, thereby forcing the eyes forrearwardly projecting portion ofthe supporting loop 35, its straight .face bearing upon the adj acent: surface of the hanger bracket. WVhen the wedge 46* is driven in as far as required, the doll eye set and the hanger bracket will be firmly bounditog'ether, and

theserrations 4:2 willbe causedt'openetrate more or less the preferably non--metallic anchor member34. By this preferred construction, not only is the hanger *bracket lO precluded from longitudinal movement but from lateral movement, whereby the eyes 11, 12 are held in position forfitting intothe eye sockets. v

It isapparent herefrom that the bracket plate l0 isfre'ely movable about thestud35, before the insertion of the wedge 46*,in order to provide for its angularadjustment, and hencethe movement of the'eyes 11, lQinto their sockets, and when the desired relations have been obtained the adjustmentiis held as set, upon the insertion of' the loc'king wedge. When the wedge is forced tight' the cement filling 37 holds the fiber anchor memher-34 and there isno tendency by the wedge to, pull o'r'loosen the anchor member-from it's'anchora'ge with the' forehead portion of the doll. The, assembly of the bra'cj'ket'plate 40 onthestud 35, the adjustment-fth bracle eft plate to properjposition, and the insertion of the we'dgesec can obviously be easil accomplished through the neck opening of the not head. Also, the'sli'glit resiliencyof the back portion ofthe bra'cket 40 bein suflicient to-enable'thewedge 46 which bears thereon,

to be forcedt'ightly into the loop er sti'rd 35-, the anchor meinber 34 being slightly "resili cut or yielding, "an-tithe setratibiiswof-the racketiplate -sinki'd' into it will be understood that the several resilient features mentioned act to hold the wedge 46 efficiently notwithstanding that there may be shrinkage or expansion of the parts. The serrations of the bracket flanges 41 by biting into the anchor member 34 permanently re tain the bracket plate against any movement relative to the anchor member at all times. Another advantage gained by the preferred construction is that the upper end of the spring steel wire 45, together with its retaining means, provides a suitable roughened surface which is engaged by the wedge 46 and is thereby held against accidental displacement, because the wedge is preferably of softer metal than the spring steel wire.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the bracket 47 is of the preferred construction and likewise the anchor member 48. However, in this form of the invention, a screwthreaded headed stud 49 is passed through the anchor member 48 so that its head will et 47. Onto the screw-threaded end of the stud 49 there is then engaged a nut 50, which, when it is screwed home, will firmly secure the parts together. In both of the illustrated forms of the invention, however, the doll eye set may be detached from the head of the doll or the like whenever it is desired to adjust or reconstruct portions thereof.

It is obvious that the invention is susceptible of modification, as parts may be omitted, added, and substituted, and still be within the spirit of the invention without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a doll eye set, the combination of anchoring means composed of yielding material and for attachment to a head, a hangerbracket having serrated edges, and for supporting a pair of eyes, and securing means for pressing the serrated edges into said anchoring means.

2. In a doll eye set, the combination of an anchoring member, a supporting loop extending from and firmly secured to the anchor member, a hanger-bracket for supporting the eyes and having an opening through which said loop extends, and a wedge driven between the outer end of the loop and the adj acent part of the hanger-bracket for removably securing the same to the anchor member.

3. In a'doll eye set, the combination of anchoring means composed of yielding material and for attachment to a head, a hanger-bracket provided with side flanges having serrated edges, and for supporting eyes, securing means for pressing the serrated edges into said anchoring means, and eyes supported by said hanger bracket.

4. In a doll eye set, thecombination of an anchor member, a supporting loop extending 5. Ina device of the class described, the v combination with a doll head or the like made of relatively non-yielding material, of an anchoring member composed of a relatively more yielding material, means to fix said anchoring member within the head, a hanger bracket engaging said anchoring member,

eyes carried .by saidbracket, and securing.

means arranged to press portions of the bracket into the'yielding surface of said anchoring member to thereby support the bracket.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a doll head or the like, of

anchoring means arrangedwithin said head composed of yielding material and having an openingtherethrough, a stud having ahead portion engaging one surface of said anchoring means and having another portion projecting through said opening, said. stud-having an openingformed through itself, aneye set comprising a bracket membertelescoping over the' iprojecting portion of said stud and engaging said anchoring means, a wedge member engaging between the projecting por- I tion of said stud and said bracket member said wedge being inserted through the opening in 'said stud and exerting a tensional strain upon the stud and a compression strain against the bracket member to thereby clamp the bracket-member against the yielding material comprising the anchoring means, and eyes supported by saidbracket member.

7. In a device of the class describe-d, the combination with a doll head or the like, of

anchoring means arranged within said head composed of yielding material and having an openlng therethrough, a stud havlng ahead portion engaging one surface of said anchormg means and having another portion pro jecting through said opening, an eye set comprising a bracket member telescoping over the projecting portion of said stud and engaging said anchoring means, the stud having a surface arranged in opposition to the bracket member, a wedge member engaging between the mentioned surface of said stud and said bracket member exerting a tensional strain upon the stud and a compression strain against the bracket member to thereby clamp the bracket member against the yielding material comprising the anchoring means, eyes supported by said bracket member movable with respect thereto, spring means engaging between the'eyes and the bracket member to urge the eyes in one direction with respect to the bracket member,and

said. spring means having a part arranged to engage said Wedge for retaining the wedge against displacement.

8. In a doll eye set, the combination of anchoring means for attachment to a head, a hanger bracket for supporting'a pair of eyes, the anchoring means and the hanger bracket having parts providing opposingly facing surfaces, and a separate wedge to engage said opposingly facing surfaces for securing the hanger bracket to the anchoring means.

" 9. 'In a doll eye set, the combination of anchoring means for attachment to a head, a

hanger bracket for supporting eyes, said han-' ger bracket havinga front portion engaging the anchoring means and having a resilient flexible back portion, and means engaging between said anchoring means and said resilient back portion of a character to flex the back portion and thus resiliently force the front portion of the bracket into firm engagement with theanchoring means.- V V 10. In a doll eye'set, the combination of yieldinganchoring means for attachment to a head, a hanger bracket for supporting eyes, said hanger bracket having a front portion engaging the' anchoring means and having a resilient flexible back portion, and-adetachable wedge mutually engaging said resilient back portion'and said anchoring means for detachably securing the hanger bracket to the anchoring means and causing slight embedding of the hanger bracketinto the anchoring means.

'11. The combination with av doll head, of an eye set therefor comprising a pair of eyes, a bridge rodextending between and supporting said eyes, and attaching means for the bridge rod comprising a loop connected with the dollihead, a bracket member connected with the bridge rod having telescoping relation with said loop, and a wedge extending through the lOOP'lIL-fllClllOIlll engagement therewith and with'the bracket member.

' SAMUEL MARCUS. 

